Seeing “UP”by Angie
20 May 2009
7:05 pm0
Last week, while my in-laws were in town, we all took a trip out to Emmeryville for the “Friends & Family Screening” of Pixar’s newest film, “UP.” We met up with Jon first at a fantastic pizza place called “Nathaniel’s” in Berkley. After dinner, we drove over to the campus, received our special guest badges, and headed into the main building. There wasn’t much of a line forming yet, so we went upstairs to the gallery to spend some time looking at the concept art for the film. When it was finally time to go in, we sat together in the center near the front and center of the theatre. After “Ooohing” and “Ahhing” at the shooting stars and watching a silly little short, we finally got to watch “UP.”
It was so fantastic! I simply can’t express how hilarious and darling it was, and how much I enjoyed it. I couldn’t do it justice if I tried to summarize it, so I will just emphatically encourage everyone I know to go and see it as soon as you can!
p.s. All you Californian Fenton fans – keep your eyes and ears open! 🙂
Lots of Help Recoveringby Angie
8 May 2009
5:05 pm1
Hi, everyone – I’m alive! Recovery is kind of lame, but going well. Kathy has spent the week with us, and has done her best to wait on me hand and foot. Jim has been wonderfully attentive, too. I feel like a very lazy princess. My most enthusiastic exercise comes from a couple of trips up and down the stairs each day.
Jaquie is enjoying the relaxed atmosphere, and has been very affectionate, as usual. We were a little worried, before the surgery, about what to do with her at night – she usually lies on Jim as we are falling asleep, then migrates to some part of me during the night, but it is pretty uncomfortable to have a cat sprawled on your stomach or legs when you have an incision to worry about. Surprisingly enough, she must have been listening to our conversation about it, or else noticed a difference in my sleeping habits: she now lies on Jim for a while but, of her own accord, she now often spends the rest of the night on the end of the bed or the floor. We have such a smart, sweet cat!
I have a post-op appointment next Monday, where they will check me out and make sure everything looks good. No steri-strips for them to examine – just stitches on the inside and super glue on the outside, this time! Things look good to me, so far, so I’m sure we’ll have good news next week. We’ll keep you posted.
The Mystery Phone…by Angie
20 Apr 2009
11:04 am3
This post will hopefully be of personal interest to someone in our family: We have discovered a cell phone in the back of a desk drawer that we cannot account for. Has anyone lost one? It must have been here for weeks, at least, but it still has enough battery life that we could turn it on and examine it. The phone number appears to be a 772 area code, and the wallpaper is a darling picture of Grandma Hoffman with Jason’s girls – does it belong to Jason or Tiffany? There are very few numbers in the phone book, but a few we recognize: Tom Dozier, Ross Boothe, Becka’s Cell.
I almost have some vague recollection that I was aware of the phone being deliberately left at our house… but I can’t, for the life of me, remember what that could have been, or who left it here. It’s an at&t phone, LG flip-phone model, black all over, with a camera built in. If anyone can enlighten us, I’d appreciate it!
Update by Jim at 9:25 pm 4/20:
By looking through the pictures on the phone, I was able to deduce the following: this phone was in Dad’s office on Jan 21 of this year. On Aug 10, 2008 the phone was in Florida (unless Jason & Tiffany’s girls were somewhere else). And on Nov 23, 2008, this phone was in Portland at Joey & Kelly’s place. Also, the phone was last used on Jan 30 of this year. Hopefully these clues might help identify the phone. I’ve got a pretty good feeling that it is Mom’s. I can’t think of anyone else that would travel this much (and I know Dad has an iPhone now, so this isn’t his).
Called to the Templeby Angie
17 Apr 2009
3:04 pm1
Wednesday was a beautiful day for driving to the Temple. As I was on the road home, I realized that I never put up a post about the calling that brought me there, so here is the news:
Back in January, I was invited to serve as a volunteer in the Oakland Temple Family File Office, so I work a six-hour shift there each Wednesday. I absolutely love it! I answer the phone and transfer calls, I check in and out the study sheets that the Ordinance Workers use, print family file cards from the new request sheets that NewFamilySearch creates, and – my favorite thing of all – record ordinances that have been completed, then stamp and file the cards. I’ve also had the opportunity to do Records Verification (talking with members who have come for living ordinances and putting their paperwork together), and I run any little errands that come up for the full-time staff. Everyone is pleasant and kind, even when I make mistakes. It is wonderful, and I love doing it.
Wheather the weather be cold…by Angie
14 Apr 2009
5:04 pm0
They tell us that California is facing a drought – this is the third year in a row that we have had severe shortages in precipitation, snowpack, reservoirs, etc. It’s hard to believe it on days like today. I’m sitting at my desk with the window open beside me, while Jaquie and I stare outside at the pouring rain. It smells wonderful. Our skies can’t seem to decide whether it’s really spring or not: it’s been warm and clear and beautiful in the last week, but today’s downpour makes it feel more like a California January than April. As I drove across the Dumbarton Bridge this morning, there were signs up to warn drivers of high winds – crossing the span, I could really feel them battering my car. Tomorrow’s forcast promises bright sun, clear skies, and temperatures in the 50°s, though. It will be a lovely day for a drive to the Temple.
The Message of Easterby Angie
12 Apr 2009
3:04 pm0
Postcardsby Angie
8 Apr 2009
11:04 pm0
Since I know we have readers from several different states, I wanted to pass along a request from my cousin, Becky, on behalf of her daughter’s kindergarten class:
Hey friends,
I’m wondering if you all could do me a favor. My daughter’s kindergarten class is learning about maps and globes right now. They are hoping to get people who live in different states and countries to send a postcard to the class so they can learn about different places and find those places on the maps. I was hoping you could all send a postcard from where you live to Alixie’s class for me. You can send them to:
Mrs. Black’s Class
13717 S. Shaggy Peak Dr.
Riverton, UT 84096
Then if you could just write: To Alixie and class, and then give a few facts or details about the place you live, that would be great! If you could mail the postcards by this Saturday that would be the best 🙂
I would REALLY, REALLY appreciate your help in this, I figure the more postcards they get the more my child will actually learn, so I’m really trying to do my part to round some up!!!
Thanks so much,
Becky